Improvement in lifters for fruit-jars



dalla Saura STEPHEN R. PINOKNEY, NEW YORK, N.l IY.

Letters Patent No. 112,955, dated March 21, 1871.

IMPROVEMENT lN LIFTERS FOR FRUIT-JARS.

The ScheduleA referred to ln these Letters Patent and making o the same.

To all whom tt may concern:

Be it known that l, STEPHEN RPINCKNEY, ot' thel city, county, and State of New York, have invented a new and Improved Lifter for Fruit-J ars; and I do hereby declare the following to be a full, clear, and exact description thereof, which will enable those skilled -in the art to make and use the same, reference being had to the accompanying drawing forming part of this specification, in which drawing Figure l is a vertical section of my apparatus, showing also a fruitfjar, the lifter being closed in readiness to move the jar.

Figure -2 is an elevation showing the 4apparatus in an open condition,`to allow the jar to be' taken out.

Similar letters indicate corresponding parts. llhis invention relates to apparatus for handling fruit-jars while heating their contents for preservation, and It consists in a shallow box having a bottom of wood vor other suitable material, and provided with movable bails turning .in the edge or rim' of the box, the hails 'being inter-locked with a slotted handle in such a manner that the hails are brought againstthe jar when the handle is vraised to lift the apparatus, and are allowed. to spread apart and release the `jar when the handle is dropped. v The letter A designates a shallow box, to whose edge or rim, on opposite sides, are hinged bails, B B, which are formed as to be capable of being turned up against the sides of the jar, can,'or other article resting on the box; or the bail can be made long enough to come over the top of the `jar O, as in this example. I make the bottom C of the .box ofwood or other suitable soft material, which will not expose the jars to be cracked from the edect of violent contact with the bottom, or from sudden shocks of the box on the bottom of the vessel in which the jars may be placed to heat their contents.'

I prefer a wooden bottom for this/reason, and upon the ground of economy and ease of construction, and

the box, since the wooden' box will not soon become highly heated by repeated immersions in the hot water or liquid used for heating the contents of jars or cans. The bottom of the box and the sides or rim D are so lconnected to each other as to leave interstices through which water can run out when the apparatus is lifted out, and, if preferred, the bottom of the'box can be perforated for that purpose; or the bottom can he made of slats of wood, arranged vso asto form a proper surfacefor the jar to rest upon.

The bails B B are interlocked with a handle, E,

which is provided at its outer end with a hook, E, to f hook over the edge ofthe vessel that contains the hotwater or liquid for heating the contents of the jar; or the hook can be used to suspend the apparatus upon slats or bars placed across the mouth of the vessel.

The-'handle Ev is provided with a slot or opening, G, through which the bails are free to move, theslot being made in length equal, at least, to, the distance apart of the hingesof the two bails from each other, so that when the handle is moved toward one side of the jar it can slide -down over the side portionsv of thebails, as is shown in tig. 2, when, the hails being no longer drawn together by the end of the slot of the handle, are free to fall asunder, and the jar or can- -may be removed from the apparatus. y

When the apparatus Vis' to be used forimmersing a jar, the jar is placed in the box, the handle is raised alongside of the jar so as to elevate' the hails, when the 'handle is turned with its hook upward, and the balls are clustered in the bottoms of the slot of the handle, when the handle can be'slid over the center of the jar so as to enable one to lift the jar andbox squarely from the ground.

The hails and handle can-be made of wire, as is shown in the present example. 'y Y What .I claim as new, and desire to secure by Letters Patent, isv The box A, provided with hails B B and a slotted handle, E, combined and arranged substantially as and for the purpose described.

STEPHENR. PINOKNEY.

Witnesses:

WM. S. CARR, Joux L. MAs'oN. 

